The 6th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems W^2GIS 2006 December 4-5, 2006 Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
DAY 1 – December 4, 2006
Time	Paper	Title	Authors
8:30	Registration
9:00	Welcome & Opening Remarks		Local Chair: Hui Lin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Symposium coChair: Taro Tezuka, Kyoto University, Japan
9:30	Photo Taking
9:45	Coffee Break
Dec. 4 - Session 1 - Location-Based Services
10:00	88	Putting Location-Based Services on the Map (movie1) (movie2)	Michael Grossniklaus, Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer, Nadir Weibel Institute for Information Systems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
10:30	89	Beyond Location Based – The Spatially Aware Mobile Phone	Rainer Simon, Peter Fröhlich, Hermann Anegg Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Vienna, Austria
11:00	91	An Event Detection Service for Spatio-Temporal Applications	WooChul Jung, DaeRyung Lee, WonIl Lee, Stella Mitchell, Jonathan Munson IBM, Korea
11:30	68	A Tourism Information System for Rural Areas based on a Multi Platform Concept	Alexander Almer, Thomas Schnabel, Harald Stelzl, Jörg Stieg, Patrick Luley Institute of Digital Image Processing, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Wastiangasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria {alexander.almer,thomas.schnabel,harald.stelzl,
Dec. 4 - Session 2 - Data Management and Data Retrieval Methods
13:15	106	Integrating Data from Maps on the World-Wide-Web	Eliyahu Safra^1, Yaron Kanza^2, Yehoshua Sagiv^3, Yerach Doytsher^1 ^1Department of Transportation and Geo-Information, Technion, Haifa, Israel ^2Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada ^3School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University, Israel
13:45	117	Web-based Cluster Analysis for the Time-series Signature of Local Spatial Association	Jae-Seong Ahn^1, Yang-Won Lee^2, Key-Ho Park^1 ^1Department of Geography, Seoul National University, Korea ^2Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
14:15	101	A Methodology for Predicting Performances of Map-Matching Algorithms	Hassan A. Karimi, Thomas Conahan, Duangduen Roongpiboonsopit Geoinformatics Laboratory, School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh, 135 N. Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
14:45	52	Path Planning for Chaining Geospatial Web Services	Peng Yue^1,2, Liping Di^1, Wenli Yang^1, Genong Yu^1, Peisheng Zhao^1 ^1Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) George Mason University, 6301 Ivy Lane, Suite 620, Greenbelt, MD 20770 ^2State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, China
15:15	Afternoon Break
Dec. 4 - Session 3 - Wayfinding, Mobile & Wireless GIS
15:45	108	Representational Issues in Interactive Wayfinding Systems: Navigating the University of Auckland Campus	Alan Kwok Lun Cheung School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Auckland 10 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
16:15	66	A Hybrid Spatial Model for Representing Indoor Environments	Bernhard Lorenz, Hans Jürgen Ohlbach, Edgar-Philipp Stoffel University of Munich, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 Munich, Germany
16:45	96	MEMS Mobile GIS: A Spatially Enabled Fish Habitat Management System	Andrea Rizzini^1, Keith Gardiner^2, Michela Bertolotto^1, James D. Carswell^2 ^1School of Computer Science and Informatics, UCD, Ireland ^2Digital Media Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
17:15	136	A Mobile Computing Approach for Navigation Purposes	Mohammad R. Malek^1,2, Andrew U. Frank^3 ^1Dept. of GIS, Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Eng., KN Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran ^2Dept. of Surveying and Geomatics Eng., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran ^3Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography, Technical University Vienna
DAY 2 – December 5, 2006
Time	Paper ID	Title	Authors
9:00	Query Processing on Uncertain Spatiotemporal Data		Prof. Yufei Tao, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dec. 5 - Session 4 - W2GIS Personalization & Agents
9:45	63	Improving Archaeological Heritage Information Access Through a Personalised GIS Interface	Eoin Mac Aoidh, Aggelis Koinis, Michela Bertolotto School of Computer Science and Informatics, UCD Dublin, Ireland
10:15	104	Designing Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Information Systems for Natural Hazard Risks with ASTIS	Bogdan Moisuc, Jérôme Gensel, Paule-Annick Davoine, Hervé Martin LSR-IMAG Laboratory, Domaine Universitaire, 38 402 Saint-Martin d’Hères, France
10:45	Coffee Break
11:15	98	A Contextual Approach for the Development of GIS: Application to Maritime Navigation	Mathieu Petit, Cyril Ray, Christophe Claramunt Naval Academy Research Institute, 29240, Brest Naval BP 600, France
11:45	29	P2P and Agent service based On-line 3DGIS	Xi-Cheng Tan, Fu-Ling Bian Research Center of Spatial Information and Digital Engineering , Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Rode, Wuhan, China, 430079
Dec. 5 - Session 5 - W2GIS Applications and Prototypes
13:30	94	Prediction of GPS Multipath Effect using LiDAR Digital Surface Models and Building Footprints	Jing Li^1, George Taylor^2, David Kidner^2, Mark Ware^2 ^1Department of Geography, University of Leicester, England, UK. ^2GIS Research Centre, Faculty of Advanced Technology, University of Glamorgan, CF37 1DL, Wales, UK.
14:00	3	The Web Integration of the GPS+GPRS+GIS Tracking System and Real-time Monitoring System Based on MAS	YE Lei^1,2, LIN Hui^3 ^1Management College, Shanghai Business School, 2271 West Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200235, P.R. China ^2Shanghai GALILEO Industries Ltd., Shangahi 200233, P.R. China ^3Joint Laboratory for GeoInformation Science, The Chinese University of HK
14:30	74	A Management System of Street Trees by using RFID	Kim Eui-myoung^1, Pyeon Mu-wook^2, Kang Min-Soo^1, Park Jae-sun^2 ^1Korea geoSpatial Information & Communication Co. Ltd , Seoul, Korea ^2Department of Civil Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
15:00	55	A Modular Neural Network Approach to improve Map-Matched GPS Positioning	Marylin Winter, George Taylor School of Computing, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK,
15:30	Afternoon Break
Dec. 5 - Session 6 - Semantic Geo-Spatial Web & Ubiquitous W2GIS
16:00	109	Indexing moving objects on road networks in P2P and broadcasting environments	Hye-Young Kang, Jung-Soo Kim, Ki-Joune Li Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, South Korea
16:30	69	GeoComputation in the Grid Computing Age	Qingfeng Guan^1, Tong Zhang^2, Keith C. Clarke^1 ^1Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA,USA ^2Department of Geography, San Diego State University, CA, USA
17:00	93	Semantic Spatial Web Services with Case-Based Reasoning	Taha Osman^1, Dhavalkumar Thakker^1, Yanwu Yang^2,3, Christophe Claramunt^2 ^1School of Computing and Informatics, Nottingham Trent University, UK ^2Naval Academy Research Institute, BP 600, 29240 Brest, France ^3Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
17:30	87	TMOM: A Moving Object MMDBMS for Telematics Services	Joung-Joon Kim, Dong-Suk Hong, Hong-Koo Kang, Ki-Joon Han School of Computer Science & Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul Korea
18:00	Symposium End & Closing Remarks		Symposium coChair: Taro Tezuka, Kyoto University, Japan